John Carmack on why the egalitarian App Store is the model for all games distribution

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When you've been behind some of the most iconic gaming franchises, you're rewarded with a certain amount of attention when you speak out  even what you're saying has been accepted by large portions of your peers.

To that length, id Software co-founder John Carmack's assertion that the level playing field represented by the Apple App Store will soon become adopted by other platforms might not be revolutionary, but it's certainly relevant.

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"Clearly, packaged goods sales are still critical on the big platforms at this stage, but that's all going to go away sooner or later," Carmack said in an interview with The Telegraph, speaking in the context of id's recently release iPhone and iPad game, Rage.

"You know, I really, really like the App Store platform as far as being able to remove obstacles to getting your product out," he added.

"You don't have to cut deals with publishers. It's almost completely egalitarian on there. It's great to see all the small teams that wind up making these breakout hit games for the Apple devices."

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